What you'd expect from Michael Bay....in a good way

Rating: 10/10 (9 July 2005)

I just got home from a sneak preview of The Island, Michael Bay's latest summer Blockbuster and first movie without producer Jerry Bruckheimer. Set in the near future (2019), The Island is about a utopian society which lives with the sole purpose of being chosen to go to 'The Island', the only perfect place left in an otherwise completely contaminated world. Or so the society's inhabitants believe... Overall I would have to say that I was pleased with the movie, however it was somewhat predictable and seemed to take a bit from George Lucas' THX1138 and a sequence from Bad Boys II. There is also a sequence that reminded me of a particular Star Wars film. You will know which ones I am talking about. Now I have to say that I am biased in the fact that I love summer blockbusters. I find them as a guilty pleasure, and this one was no different. Ewan McGregor and Sean Bean delivered excellent performances (as they usually do), and Scarlett Johansson is magnificent eye candy (she was great too, don't get me wrong). I don't want to give away too much, but I will say that if you've enjoyed Micheal Bay's previous films, you will not be disappointed with this one...even without Mr. Bruckheimer.